Isn't that a good thing in general? Or maybe not. At leas have an option not to. You mean you'd like the window to stay the size it got when ”tiled” also when dragging it away from that position?
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macOS Sequoia: How Window Tiling and Snapping Currently Works
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I just tried playing with it, if I don't drag, but use the options under +, they seem to stay the same size, to at least close to it. It's honestly messy. Feedback is indeed the best thing we can do right now.
To be fair, that’s probably intended behavior. I imagine Apple intended to keep it consistent with Windows, and that’s exactly how Windows does it.
The options under + in the upper left corner of a window are way too slow to access I think.
I don't think many Mac users really wanted it until about the last 5 years when more and more people either came form Windows or people new to the platform. I'm pretty sure Apple doesn't really care for it, they're just trying to fill in features for marketing hype, instead of working on bug fixes.
Vista was wild! Microsoft is usually very hesitant to make breaking changes since backwards compatibility is one of its core assets. But, with Vista, Microsoft decided to go full bull in a china shop and change a bunch of things just for change’s sake. (And, appropriately for the metaphor, they definitely broke a lot of stuff!) At any rate, you’d never see today’s Microsoft pull a Vista (even Windows 11 is clearly just Windows 10 with a new shell).Remember this mad idea. Who woke up in the morning and thought this was good?
"Quick, we need something to show management at the meeting this afternoon, so they don't know we've been playing Minesweeper all week"Remember this mad idea. Who woke up in the morning and thought this was good?
Sequoia Developer Beta Window tiling works quite well in my 15" 2018 Intel MBP. The key combination fn + Control + Arrow works well too. Works well with MS apps, Skype, Excel etc. What's missing atm is resizing both apps together. But, it is still in the Beta stage, just the 2nd day on yet. Sequoia Developer Beta appears to work snappier, so we are in for an excellent OS at the end of the day.
We should start sending feedback, if we want to contribute in some way...
We should start sending feedback, if we want to contribute in some way...
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I'm welcoming this feature but hope you can remove the gaps—the article says you can but I wonder what that looks like.
Wonder no more: margins vs no margins. I prefer the latter. There may be cases where you need the margins, but I can't think of any, so I think to comes down to personal taste. These screenshots are on a MacBook Pro, I'll try it next time I boot my Mac Studio into the beta drive, to see if a larger (32" in my case) screen feels better with margin, but I doubt it makes a difference to the feel.
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Correct. I currently use BetterSnapTool to also quickly make a window a certain size. I’d like the option, yes.
Indeed.
Right, makes sense.
> PC users have had tiling since at least Windows 7 and Aero Snap,
Somewhere deep in Redmond somebody cried out, "Cupertino, start your photocopiers."
Somewhere deep in Redmond somebody cried out, "Cupertino, start your photocopiers."
Just here to give Rectangle some love. It's great and blows this implementation out of the water. The keyboard shortcuts are awesome.
oh lord this will be nice, but i guess ill keep magnets so used to the binds for it.
but thank you for pushing this update!
but thank you for pushing this update!
Glad Apple finally allowed to add windows snapping feature. MS prevent Apple use that for last 20 years, I think their copyright or something just expired.
Very cool! Thanks for the screenshots. No Margins is exactly how I'd use it (also on a 32" monitor), I currently have Safari taking up the entire left half of the screen, spotify in the top right corner, and Slack / Discord (depending on the hour) in the bottom right corner.
The windows usually do remember their positions when I plug my monitor in, but this will be handy for the times it doesn't.
Been saying for years that Apple should've just bought Moom and implemented that at the system level. Looks like they're most of the way there with Sequoia. I prefer the hover over green button approach vs the drag to tile and Moom offers that in spades with a multitude of configurable options. Hopefully Sequoia offers configurable options in the hover/green button/drop down too.
I have the left/right/up/down defaults but then a choice of left, middle or right thirds option. Holding the option key gives me the centre tile or quadrant options. It's perfect on my 34' Ultra-wide and on my 16" MBP too. Best $5 I've spent (tho' I think it's a tenner now) and one of, if not the first thing I install on a new system.
Thank you Many Tricks - https://manytricks.com/moom/ - You are awesome!
I have the left/right/up/down defaults but then a choice of left, middle or right thirds option. Holding the option key gives me the centre tile or quadrant options. It's perfect on my 34' Ultra-wide and on my 16" MBP too. Best $5 I've spent (tho' I think it's a tenner now) and one of, if not the first thing I install on a new system.
Thank you Many Tricks - https://manytricks.com/moom/ - You are awesome!
Using `Rectangle` for ages now... And probably stick to it as I use keyboard shortcuts to arrange the windows virtuall all the time…
15 years late. This deserves a ’Finally’!
Now copy window previews on app icon hover from pcs.
Now copy window previews on app icon hover from pcs.
They're right, you can already currently hover over the green traffic light (while holding Option) and you'll get this menu to split 2 windows left/right (this is not the same as the full-screen tile, which is if you don't hold Option).
